What the duck?

Mini Duck figures have appeared around Churchill College. They have been found across the college this past week, from sitting on windowsills to sitting in bathrooms. It’s not clear where they’re coming from, but these mystery ducks are definitely brightening up the week four blues! Varsity understands the ducks had previously been displayed around college grounds, including outside the entrance to the Churchill bike sheds and the main entrance. The Churchill College Instagram posted about the ducks earlier this week (16/2).

Hockey players reminded of table manners

Following a totally uneventful trip to a local curry restaurant, the Cambridge University Hockey Club were reminded of how to feed themselves correctly. In an email sent to all club members marked “important,” attendees of social swaps were reminded that food should “travel safely from plate to mouths with no detours”. The club’s president also noted how she believed this advice “did not need to be said,” but noted that it felt necessary “on the back of newspaper articles”.

New Honorary President of the CULC

Cambridge University Labour Society has recently announced Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester as its new Honorary President. Burnham served in Gordon Brown’s cabinet as chief secretary to the treasury, culture secretary and health secretary. He is a member of Labour Co-op and identifies as a socialist. Burham also graduated with a degree in English from the University of Cambridge where he was an undergraduate at Fitzwilliam College.

Conservation charity partners with King’s College

Conservation charity Cambridge Past, Present & Future (CPPF) has agreed to a partnership with King’s College to “deliver a brighter future for Grantchester Meadows”. The partnership will reportedly allow the meadows to be “better maintained and improved for the benefit of nature, the environment and people”. CPPF, which already owns and manages a variety of other green spaces, will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the meadows and the Grantchester Tea Garden, which was gifted to the charity by the former owner after his death.